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enCreating Kosovo: International Oversight and the Making of Ethical Institutionshttp://wilsoncenter.org/event/creating-kosovo-international-oversight-and-the-making-ethical-institutions-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In shaping the institutions of a new country, what interventions from international actors lead to success and failure? Elton Skendaj’s investigation into Kosovo based on national survey data, interviews, and focus groups conducted over ten months of fieldwork, leads to some surprising answers. Dr. Skendaj will discuss his book, <em>Creating Kosovo: International Oversight and the Making of Ethical Institutions</em>, which highlights efforts to build the police force, the central government, courts, and a customs service.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-location field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Directions:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div></div></div>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:39:15 +0000ebuss33313 at http://wilsoncenter.orgRussia, Repression and the Rule of Lawhttp://wilsoncenter.org/article/russia-repression-and-the-rule-law
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Any battle between the Russian state and its political opponents has always been an unequal contest, since the state brings an overwhelming superiority to such confrontations. This disparity is as true today as it was during the Soviet Union’s fight against dissidents and imperial Russia’s struggle against diverse revolutionary movements.</p>
<p>Yet in each period, some challengers to the system have used existing law – underdeveloped as it may be – to demand that the Russian state live up to the principles of the rule of law.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:17:57 +0000ekim33295 at http://wilsoncenter.orgAfrican American History Month Special Edition: The Civil Rights Movement in the Shadow of MLKhttp://wilsoncenter.org/article/african-american-history-month-special-edition-the-civil-rights-movement-the-shadow-mlk
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>We spoke with one of the nation’s leading scholars on the American civil rights movement to learn about the immediate impact that the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. had on the struggle for freedom. We also discuss MLK’s legacy and its meaning in 2015. David Chappell is a professor at the University of Oklahoma and the author of, “Waking From the Dream: The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.” That’s the topic for this edition of CONTEXT.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:32:46 +0000ekim33267 at http://wilsoncenter.orgThe Changing Face and Changing Roles of the Foreign Servicehttp://wilsoncenter.org/event/the-changing-face-and-changing-roles-the-foreign-service
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u40/usdc_state_logo.png" style="width: 250px; height: 175px; float: left; margin: 10px;" />For more than two decades, the US Department of State, USAID and other foreign affairs agencies have worked to ensure that the Foreign Service looks more like America. Success in that effort could contribute immeasurably to the United States’ global leadership on a range of issues including gender equality, democracy and minority rights.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-location field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Directions:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div></div></div>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:03:03 +0000ekim33183 at http://wilsoncenter.orgIn Bahrain, Arab Spring Hopes Are Freezing Overhttp://wilsoncenter.org/article/bahrain-arab-spring-hopes-are-freezing-over
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>On the fourth anniversary of protests aimed at reforming Bahrain’s autocratic monarchy, recent events—including 72 people being stripped of citizenship for “harming the interests of the Kingdom”—underscore a worrisome trend: The rights of people in the Middle East are shrinking rather than expanding.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:45:58 +0000ekim33181 at http://wilsoncenter.orgUkrainian Democracy After the Maidan: Threats and Opportunitieshttp://wilsoncenter.org/event/ukrainian-democracy-after-the-maidan-threats-and-opportunities
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Global Europe Program is pleased to host the 10th Annual Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Workshop on Ukrainian Democracy After the Maidan featuring keynote remarks the 2014 recipient of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, Mustafa Nayyem, a journalist, democracy activist and Parliamentarian in Ukraine. </p>
<p><a href="http://go.wilsoncenter.org/qgUM0V00DW080k00V005000"><img alt="RSVP NOW" border="0" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://pages.wilsoncenter.org/rs/woodrowwilson/images/button-rsvp-2945.gif" /></a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-location field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Directions:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div></div></div>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:28:39 +0000ebuss33099 at http://wilsoncenter.orgCountering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Opportunities and Obstacles for Civil Societyhttp://wilsoncenter.org/event/countering-violent-extremism-pakistan-opportunities-and-obstacles-for-civil-society
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The December 16, 2014, school massacre in Peshawar is a sobering reminder of the still-potent threat of militancy in Pakistan. Encouragingly, nongovernmental organizations have been developing grassroots initiatives to counter violent extremism—from candlelight vigils to anti-Taliban protests. These promising efforts, however, have to this point not grown into a nationwide campaign. What does Pakistani civil society hope to achieve with its anti-extremism movement?</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-location field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Directions:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div></div></div>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:08:22 +0000mratliff33027 at http://wilsoncenter.orgRobin Bronen: To Help Alaskans Adapt, Make it Easier to Relocatehttp://wilsoncenter.org/article/robin-bronen-to-help-alaskans-adapt-make-it-easier-to-relocate
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<p>“Human rights and climate change are completely interlinked,” says Robin Bronen in this week’s podcast, and “climate change is happening in Alaska faster than anywhere else on the planet.”</p></div></div></div>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:29:11 +0000snull33017 at http://wilsoncenter.orgTurkey’s Troubled Democracy and Foreign Policy http://wilsoncenter.org/event/turkey%E2%80%99s-troubled-democracy-and-foreign-policy
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In the aftermath of the 2013 corruption probes, Fatih University scholar Savaş Genç argues, Turkey has taken a sharp turn towards a new era under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Professor Genç will discuss recent political developments, including concerns over the weakening of the rule of law, growing pressure on the judiciary and limits on the freedom of expression under Erdogan’s leadership.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-location field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Directions:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div></div></div>Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:18:31 +0000ebuss32960 at http://wilsoncenter.orgLa hora oscura del Albahttp://wilsoncenter.org/article/la-hora-oscura-del-alba
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<p>El Alba era una extensión de la energía política de Chávez, y de su petróleo, y no se pudo avanzar en su institucionalización real, ni en el aterrizaje de sus horizontes ideológicos”.</p>
<p>Según dijo a Semana Cynthia Arnson, directora del programa latinoamericano del Wilson Center, “la ideología antiimperialista del Alba cada vez convoca menos en la región, y los líderes de la izquierda han adoptado políticas más pragmáticas que tienden a la inclusión social en el marco de la democracia representativa”.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:02:13 +0000vcolon-rosario32866 at http://wilsoncenter.org